Martina Navratilova
Martina is elected by her fellow celebrities to take on the Bushtucker Trial, an exciting challenge involving five British mini cars hung high over deep water.
The challenge was called Carnage and all the celebrities agreed that as she had been going stir crazy she was the right woman for the job. As George and Brian walked her up to the bridge George quipped ‘the gay trio’. As he saw her off he added: ‘Carnage is something she has meted out on the tennis court and whatever this challenge is she’s the woman who can do it and we’re hungry. She’s an athlete and a champion and the best that we have.’
Meeting Ant and Dec by the Trial she told them: ‘I’ve not done one yet and it was between Esther and I as to who did it. Because it is a physical challenge we decided it would be one for me. I had been looking forward to it but I’m not so sure now.’
Dec outlined what the tennis champion had to do. Pointing to a mini parked on the grass he said: ‘You have to get in the front seat of that mini, it will be winched up in the air and in line with the other four minis hanging over the creek. You have to climb out of the sunroof and go from bonnet to boot jumping from car to car searching for stars. There are ten stars in total and the amount of stars you collect will be the number of meals you will win for the camp.’
Martina was reminded if she dropped any stars they would not count. ‘You could be in for a bumpy ride because each of the cars is going to drop into the water one by one at regular intervals so you are up against the clock.’
Martina jumped into the first mini which all had union jacks painted on their roofs, and was winched in to place. She leapt out of the red car and got the two stars which were attached to the number and the front wheel, perilously crawling over the bonnet to retrieve it. She then jumped four feet to the blue mini in front and collected another two stars. As she leapt over to the white mini the car behind her crashed into the water and Ant and Dec reminded her that she would have to be quick to avoid going down with the vehicles.
Panting as she clambered over the cars leaping fearlessly from bonnet to bumper she successfully retrieved all the available stars with only a second to spare before the final car crashed into the water.
An elated Martina rejoined Ant and Dec and said she was ‘pleased as punch’ but worried that it might be the curse of the camp.’ Robert got perfect and then he got booted out,’ she said.
‘It was tough, I was out of breath but I was so determined to get every star and not drop one, I almost did drop one. The camp will be happy, it’s been a while since they had a full meal.’
Looking at the sunken minis Ant said: ‘That was our ride back to the hotel!’
Expressing mock sympathy, Martina said: ‘I feel so sorry for you, you are going back to a hotel where you can choose what you like from the menu and lay on your comfy bed and not have to clean the dunny!’
As she made her way back to camp Martina clearly elated by her victory said ‘I am very, very pleased I’ve not had a rush like that for a while, it’s not quite like winning Wimbledon but maybe like the first or second round.’
The celebrities were waiting with baited breath for her return and cheered her in. ‘Hold your horses, that was rough man, I was in a harness suspended over a pond so... I got a perfect 10!’